354:. The KLM's flight crew had been aware of the Pan Am behind them, but believed that it had already cleared the runway due to abnormal call signs being used by the control tower to identify PAM 1736. The disaster was the result of a number of factors, including confusion caused by a recent terrorist bombing in the area caused abnormal operating conditions. Zanten was impatient and concerned about new flight regulations limiting how many hours he could fly. Standard procedure aboard flights at the time had copilots defer to senior pilots regarding conflicting judgment calls (this was changed following the disaster). And the Control Tower believed that the KLM 747 remained stationary on the runway as instructed, but could not confirm visually due to dense fog in the area.
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242:(registered PH-BUA). At the time of the disaster, he had 11,700 flight hours (1,545 of which were on the Boeing 747). In addition to his duties as a regular airline pilot, he had been promoted to chief flight instructor for the
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Meisler, Stanley (30 March 1977). "'He Is Going to Kill Us,' Pan Am Pilot
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655:Sterk, N. (22 March 1997).
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